| Marlon Brando is a famous American actor who | | | | followed them. |
| pioneered method acting. He made two films in | | | | |
| the 1950s with director Elia Kazan including | | | | He studied acting at the Actors' Studio, |
| On The Waterfront and A Streetcar Named | | | | American Theatre Wing Professional School and |
| Desire. He won two oscars in his career. | | | | the New School Drama Workshop. It was at the |
| | | | new school where he met Stella Adler. Adler |
| His parents were Marlon Brando Sr. and his | | | | taught Brando the Stanislavski method. He |
| mother was Dorothy Pennebaker Brando, both | | | | would go on to land a Broadway role in the |
| separated when Brando was eleven. Brando was | | | | play Remember Mama (1944). Later he played in |
| born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska before | | | | Tennis Williams' play A Streetcar Named |
| moving to California after his parents | | | | Desire. His roles as the brute Stanley |
| divorced. He two sisters named Francis and | | | | Kowalski got critical acclaim and the play's |
| Jocelyn Brando. | | | | director Elia Kazan decided to take the play |
| | | | to the big screen. He was nominated for an |
| Brando's mother was prone to alcohol, which | | | | academy award for his role in the film. |
| effected he relationship with Brando. She was | | | | |
| absent many times during his childhood. She | | | | He would also be nominated again for roles in |
| was a talented actress and sparked Marlon's | | | | Julius Caesar (1953), Viva Zapata (1952) and |
| interest in stage acting. | | | | On The Waterfront (1954). |
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| He was expelled from his High School and at | | | | Brando was a hero to a young Jame Dean, both |
| sixteen went to a military academy in | | | | of whom were rebellious icons. Brando starred |
| Minnesota. While their he practiced and | | | | in The Wild One which was about gangs, a |
| excelled in theater. He was almost expelled | | | | major issue concerning youth during the time. |
| for talking back to a officer. He ended up | | | | He would go on to do many more critically |
| dropping out and never finishing school. | | | | acclaimed roles. |
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| Back in his hometown, Brando's father set him | | | | His most famous role is of Vito Corleone in |
| up with a summer job digging ditches. Soon | | | | the The Godfather. He would win the academy |
| after this his two sisters decided to move to | | | | award for best actor for his part in The |
| New York to pursue careers and Marlon | | | | Godfather. |